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Next PLC
19 May 2022
Contacts: Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
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NEXT plc (the "Company")
Results of 2022 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board of NEXT plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of
NEXT shareholders held on 19 May 2022 all resolutions as set out in
the Notice of Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts
for the year ended 29 January 2022 were passed.
All resolutions were put to the meeting and approved on a poll
and results are detailed below.
The total number of shares on the register at 6.30 pm on 17 May
2022, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was
131,025,480.
% of
shares
on
register
at
6.30pm
TOTAL VOTES 17 May Votes
For Against CAST 2022 withheld(1)
---------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------- --------- ------------
Resolution Special No. of % No. of % No. of % No.
/ Votes Votes Votes of Votes
Ordinary
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
1 To receive and
adopt the accounts
and reports of
the directors
and auditor Ordinary 98,961,891 99.65 346,866 0.35 99,308,757 75.79% 816,554
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
2 To approve the
Remuneration Report Ordinary 92,593,169 92.49 7,515,888 7.51 100,109,057 76.40% 16,254
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
3 To declare a
dividend of 127
pence per ordinary
share Ordinary 100,074,018 99.95 48,144 0.05 100,122,162 76.41% 3,149
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
4 To elect Soumen
Das as a director Ordinary 99,834,914 99.72 283,679 0.28 100,118,593 76.41% 6,718
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
5 To re-elect
Jonathan Bewes
as a director Ordinary 96,783,163 96.67 3,336,117 3.33 100,119,280 76.41% 6,031
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
6 To re-elect
Tom Hall as a
director Ordinary 98,467,849 98.35 1,650,697 1.65 100,118,546 76.41% 6,765
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
7 To re-elect
Tristia Harrison
as a director Ordinary 99,038,709 98.92 1,080,470 1.08 100,119,179 76.41% 6,132
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
8 To re-elect
Amanda James as
a director Ordinary 99,557,729 99.44 561,937 0.56 100,119,666 76.41% 5,645
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
9 To re-elect
Richard Papp as
a director Ordinary 99,626,744 99.51 492,536 0.49 100,119,280 76.41% 6,031
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
10 To re-elect
Michael Roney
as a director Ordinary 84,483,165 87.63 11,930,924 12.37 96,414,089 73.58% 3,711,222
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
11 To re-elect
Jane Shields as
a director Ordinary 99,633,715 99.52 485,531 0.48 100,119,246 76.41% 6,065
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
12 To re-elect
Dame Dianne Thompson
as a director Ordinary 99,024,746 98.91 1,091,206 1.09 100,115,952 76.41% 9,359
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
13 To re-elect
Lord Wolfson as
a director Ordinary 99,618,011 99.50 502,954 0.50 100,120,965 76.41% 4,346
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
14 To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor Ordinary 99,325,866 99.21 795,234 0.79 100,121,100 76.41% 4,211
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
15 To authorise
the Audit Committee
to set the auditor's
remuneration Ordinary 100,112,121 99.99 9,643 0.01 100,121,764 76.41% 3,547
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
16 Directors'
authority to allot
shares Ordinary 96,821,138 96.71 3,298,258 3.29 100,119,396 76.41% 5,915
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
17 General authority
to disapply
pre-emption
rights Special 99,754,897 99.86 136,226 0.14 99,891,123 76.24% 234,188
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
18 Additional
authority to disapply
pre-emption rights Special 97,000,117 97.11 2,890,480 2.89 99,890,597 76.24% 234,714
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
19 Authority for
on-market purchase
of own shares Special 98,969,681 98.87 1,130,503 1.13 100,100,184 76.40% 25,127
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
20(2) Authority
for off-market
purchases of own
shares 98,830,735 98.73 1,268,311 1.27 100,099,046 76.40% 26,265
Less votes disregarded
under the provisions
of the Companies
Act 2006 Special (3,000,000) (3,000,000)
Resolution 20
total 95,830,735 98.69 1,268,311 1.31 97,099,046.00 74.10% 26,265
------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
21 Notice period
of general meetings Special 95,536,437 95.42 4,584,257 4.58 100,120,694 76.41% 4,617
---------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ -------------- --------- ------------
Note1: The 'Vote Withheld' option is provided to enable the
shareholder to abstain on any resolution. It is not a vote in law
and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes
for and against a resolution.
Note(2) : The total maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may
be purchased by NEXT for cancellation pursuant to such contingent
purchase contracts is 3.0 million. Next has disregarded 3.0 million
votes from both the total number of votes cast in favour of the
resolution and the total votes cast so that the voting of those
shares did not affect the result of the poll.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2 and 9.2.6ER(1), a copy of
resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as
practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available
shortly for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
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